Most runs in the history of T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma is far behind
Virat Kohli T20 World Cup 2024 : The T20 World Cup is once again coming closer. This year’s World Cup is to be played in West Indies and USA in June. The complete schedule for this has been announced by ICC. Meanwhile, it is believed that the Indian team for this will be announced during the IPL itself. Only then will we know which players of India are such, but in the meantime, Indian players will be seen preparing in the IPL for this tournament to be held from June 1. Meanwhile, you should know which player has scored the most runs in the history of T20 World Cup. Also, where are Team India’s stars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in the history of T20 World Cup.
The batsman who has scored the most runs in the history of T20 World Cup is India’s Virat Kohli. He played the first World Cup in the year 2012, since then till now he has been an integral part of Team India. He has scored 1141 runs in 25 innings of 27 matches. Virat Kohli does not have a single century in the T20 World Cup, but he has managed to score 14 half-centuries. From this it can be understood how big a player he is in this format.
Only two players have been able to score more than one thousand runs in the T20 World Cup.
In this short format World Cup of cricket, there are only two players who have been able to score more than one thousand runs. Virat Kohli is at number one, as we have already told you. After this comes Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka. He has participated in the T20 World Cup from 2007 to 2014. He has scored 1016 runs in the same number of innings of 31 matches. In this tournament which is going on since 2007, when only two players are able to touch the figure of one thousand, then it is clear that this is no small thing.
Chris Gayle and Rohit Sharma also have more than 900 runs
Chris Gayle of West Indies, one of the explosive batsmen in the world, has also been able to score only 965 runs during this period. For this he had to bat in 31 innings of 33 matches. But Virat Kohli has crossed the one thousand mark in less matches than these two. After this comes Rohit Sharma’s turn. Who has been playing T20 World Cup since 2007. So far he has scored 963 runs in 36 innings of 39 matches. That means he is also standing very close to one thousand runs. There is every possibility that he can complete 1000 runs when he bats again in the World Cup in June. For this he needs to score just a few more runs. Apart from these 4 batsmen, no other player has been able to cross the figure of 900 runs.
Team India’s group-stage schedule in T20 World Cup
India vs Ireland: 5 June (New York)
India vs Pakistan: 9 June (New York)
India vs USA: June 12 (New York)
India vs Canada: June 15 (Lauderhill)
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